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From: Stasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Xinhua: S.Korea to Buy 111 U.S. Missiles, 29 Launchers HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- Friday, January 04, 2002 11:37 AM S.Korea to Buy 111 U.S. Missiles, 29 Launchers -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xinhuanet 2002-01-04 19:34:14 SEOUL, January 4 (Xinhuanet) -- South Korea will buy 111 tactical ballistic missiles and 29 launchers at a cost of 400 billion won (some 305 million U.S. dollars), the Defense Ministry said Friday. Under a finalized agreement with Lockheed-Martin, the country will get all the arms by 2004. South Korea is the first foreign country to buy the 300km-rangeArmy Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) developed to replace Lance missiles. The multiple ATACMS launcher can carry two missiles capable of obliterating an area, the size of three to four soccer fields.Enditem _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________